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China Launches Tianwen-2 on Mission to Sample Earth’s Quasi-Satellite Asteroid and Survey a Comet

Samples from Kamoʻoalewa are scheduled to return in late 2027 before the spacecraft embarks on a seven-year voyage to comet 311P/PANSTARRS.

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Doubts Deepen Over Potential Biosignature on Exoplanet K2-18b

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Marks 1,500 Sols with Dust Devil-Photobombed Selfie

Mars' Dark Streaks Confirmed as Dust Avalanches, Not Water Flows

NASA Scientist Detects Unexplained Paired Light Pulses From Sun-Like Stars

Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

NASA Confirms First Visible-Light Aurora Observed on Mars

Methane Clouds and Key Organic Molecule Detected on Titan

James Webb Telescope Confirms Crystalline Water Ice in Young Star System

James Webb and Keck Confirm Methane Weather Dynamics on Titan

James Webb Telescope Uncovers Surprising Dynamics in Jupiter’s Auroras

Europa Clipper Completes Key Mars Flyby, Validates Thermal Imaging System

Seismic Data Unveils Subsurface Aquifer on Mars Matching Ancient Ocean Estimates

NASA and Toho University Study Predicts Earth's Oxygen Depletion in One Billion Years

James Webb Telescope Unveils Clear Atmosphere of Hot Sub-Neptune TOI-421 b

Elon Musk Declares Mars Colonization Humanity's 'Life Insurance' as Starbase Becomes an Incorporated City

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Begins Historic Full-Sky Infrared Survey

NASA Engineers Address Pressure Drop in Psyche Spacecraft Thrusters

NASA Study Reveals Asteroid Vesta Lacks a Core, Redefining Its Identity

NASA Orbiter Captures Curiosity Rover in Motion for the First Time